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to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

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attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill); samurai who tries out his sword on a passerby

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search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

2

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

2

to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

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foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine

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rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

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jail; gaol; jailhouse

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to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

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close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

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intangible; incorporeal; unreasonable; preposterous; absurd

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following year

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about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

4

counter used with Sino-Japanese words

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article (in a document); clause; counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; although; though; since

1

to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)

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to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)

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necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

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policeman; thieftaker; method of catching criminals

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house where the family is out

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to march (someone) off (e.g. to the police station); to lead away; to take away

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projection; ledge

1

a lot; plenty; abundant; exaggerated; grandiose

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magistrate's office

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evening; dusk; twilight

2

veranda with bamboo flooring

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outdoor fire with dense smoke to repel mosquitoes; mosquito-fumigation

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to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim

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in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once

2

to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off

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sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

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hedge

2

ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

1

you; people

2

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

1

to turn aside adroitly; to dodge

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to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

1

to get angry; to get mad

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to take out a boat; to put out a boat

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small boat

2

to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress

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to come off; to slip down; to slip off

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thread; strand; string

1

stark naked; nude; bare; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank

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to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

1

to aim at

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to row; to paddle; to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump); to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.)

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rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis

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to become damaged; to break; to worsen; to spoil (one's mood); to decrease; to diminish (profits, gains)

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mid-stream; middle course; middle class

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